"I guess once you start doubting, there's…" — Batou Quote

"And can you offer me proof of your existence? How can you, when neither modern science nor philosophy can explain what life is?"

— Puppet Master · Ghost in the Shell

"Life is like a node which is born within the flow of information. As a species of life that carries DNA as its memory system... man gains his individuality from the memories he carries. While memories may as well be the same as fantasy... it is by these memories that mankind exists."

— Puppet Master · Ghost in the Shell

"It's not like I had aspirations to be a hero or anything. However, I'm positive we followed a code of justice that all of us believed in without condition or compromise."

— Togusa · Ghost in the Shell

"If we all reacted the same way, we'd be predictable, and there's always more than one way to view a situation. What's true for the group is also true for the individual. It's simple: overspecialize, and you breed in weakness. It's slow death."

— Motoko Kusanagi · Ghost in the Shell

"Who can gaze into the mirror without becoming evil? The mirror does not reflect evil, but creates it."

— Motoko Kusanagi · Ghost in the Shell

"Just as water runs downhill, the human heart also tends to revert to its basest instincts."

— Hideo Kuze · Ghost in the Shell